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The Role of Gender in Preparedness and Response Behaviors towards Flood Risk in Serbia

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Cvetković, Vladimir M.
Roder, Giulia
Öcal, Adem
Tarolli, Paolo
Dragičević, Slavoljub
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Abstract
Adverse outcomes from 2014 flooding in Serbia indicated problematic response phase management accentuated by a gender imbalance. For this reason, we investigated the risk perceptions and preparedness of women and men regarding these types of events in Serbia. Face-to-face interviews, administered to 2500 participants, were conducted across 19 of 191 municipalities. In light of the current findings, men seemed to be more confident in their abilities to cope with flooding, perceiving greater individual and household preparedness. By contrast, women displayed a deeper understanding of these events. Perhaps owing to a deeper level of understanding, women demonstrated more household-caring attitudes and behaviors and were more prone to report a willingness to help flood victims at reception centers. Emergency management agencies and land planners should account for these differences in gender awareness and preparedness. Based on these findings, doing so may increase citizen participation an...d shared responsibility under flood hazard scenarios.

Keywords:
flood risk / perception / preparedness / gender / Serbia
Source:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018, 15, 12
Publisher:
  • MDPI, BASEL
Projects:
  • DAREnet - DAnube river region Resillience Exchange network (EU-740750)

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15122761

ISSN: 1660-4601

PubMed: 30563234

WoS: 000456527000152

Scopus: 2-s2.0-85058314146
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http://rhinosec.fb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/385
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